1. Create a new Visual Studio project.
2. From the Project menu, select Add New Item.
3. In the Add New Item dialog that appears, select ActiveReports 8 Section Report (code-based) and in the Name field, rename the file as rptChartParams.
4. Click the Add button to open a new section report in the designer.

See Adding an ActiveReport to a Project for information on adding different report layouts.

1. On the detail section band, click the Data Source Icon.
   
2. In the Report Data Source dialog that appears, from the OLE DB tab, create a data source connection. See Bind Reports to a Data Source for further details.
3. Once the connection string field is populated, in the Query field, enter the following SQL query.

   SQL Query	Copy Code
   SELECT * FROM Products ORDER BY CategoryID, ProductName

4. Click OK to save the data source and return to the report design surface.

1. On the design surface, right click the PageHeader or PageFooter section and select Delete to remove the PageHeader/Footer pair.
2. Right click on the design surface and insert GroupHeader/Footer section pair.
3. Click the GroupHeader section to select it and go to the Properties window to set the following properties:

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	ghCategoryID
   DataField	CategoryID
   GroupKeepTogether	All
   Height	5.65 inches

4. Set Height property of Detail section to 0.23 inches and of GroupFooter section to 0 inch.
5. From the Visual Studio toolbox, drag and drop the following controls onto the GroupHeader section and set their properties as given below:

   Label1

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	lblCategoryID
   Text	CategoryID
   Location	1.78, 0

   Label2

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	lblProductName
   Text	Product Name
   Location	0.23, 5.43

   Label3

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	lblUnitsInStock
   Text	Inventory stock
   Location	5, 5.43

   TextBox

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	CategoryID
   Name	txtCategoryID
   Text	CategoryID
   Location	3.72, 0

   Chart

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	ChartControl
   Location	0, 0.313
   Size	6.5, 4.66

6. From the Visual Studio toolbox, drag and drop the following controls onto the detail section and set their properties as given below:

   TextBox1

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	ProductName
   Name	txtProductName
   Text	ProductName
   Location	0.23, 0

   TextBox2

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	UnitsInStock
   Name	txtUnitsInStock
   Text	UnitsInStock
   Location	5, 0

1. Select the Chart control and at the bottom of the Properties window, select the Data Source command. See Properties Window for further details on accessing commands.

   Tip: If the verb is not visible, right-click an empty space in the Properties Window and select Commands to display verbs.

2. In the Chart DataSource dialog box that appears, click the Build button.
3. In the Data Link Properties window, select Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider and click the Next button.
4. Click the ellipsis button (...) to browse to the NorthWind database. Click Open once you have selected the file.
5. Click the OK button to close the window and fill in the Connection String.
6. In the Query field, enter the following parameterized SQL query.

   SQL Query	Copy Code
   SELECT * FROM Products WHERE CategoryID = <%CategoryID||1%> ORDER BY ProductName

    

   Note: The chart data cannot be arranged if ORDER is not set in both the SQL statements (report and chart statement).

7. Click OK to save the data source.

1. With the chart control selected, go to the Properties window, click the ChartAreas (Collection) property and then click the ellipsis button that appears.
2. In the ChartArea Collection Editor that appears with defaultArea selected under the members list, click its Axes (Collection) property and then click the ellipsis button.
3. In the AxesBase Collection Editor that appears, set the following properties.

   AxisBase

   1. With AxisX selected under members list, set Angle property of LabelFont to -90. 
   2. Delete text from Title property to make sure that the ProductName label (lblProductName) does not overlap.
   3. Click AxisY under the members list and set its Title property to Unit Stock.
   4. With AxisY selected under the members list, expand the GridLine section under MajorTick property tree view and set its following sub-properties.

      Property Name	Property Value
      Style	Dot
      Color	Silver
      Weight	1

      
      
   5. Click OK to return back to ChartArea collection editor and then click OK again to return back to report design surface.
      
4. With the chart control selected, go to the Properties window, click the ChartSeries (Collection) property and then click the ellipsis button that appears.
5. In the Series Collection Editor that appears, set the following properties:

   Series

   1. With Series1 selected under the members list, set its following properties:

      Property Name	Property Value
      ValueMembersY	UnitsInStock
      ValueMembersX	ProductName

      
      
   2. Click OK to return back to report design surface.
6. With the chart control selected, go to the Properties window, click the Titles (Collection) property and then click the ellipsis button that appears.
7. In the Title Collection Editor that appears, set the following properties:

   Titles

   1. With Header selected under the members list, set its Text property to Product Inventory.
   2. Delete/Remove Footer from the members list.
   3. Click OK to return back to report design surface.
8. With the chart control selected, go to the Properties window, click the Legends (Collection) property and then click the ellipsis button that appears.
9. In the Legend Collection Editor that appears, set the following properties:

   Legends

   1. With defaultLegend selected under the members list, set its Visible property to False.
   2. Click OK to return back to report design surface.

• Click the preview tab to view the report at design time.

OR

• Open the report in the Viewer. See Using the Viewer for further information.